Best Guess
Bob had been feeling down for some time. The tree doctor’s best guess, pending test results, was that he was suffering from a massive fungal infection . . .
Hansel & Grethel/GPS Blues
As the darkness loomed and the fog began to roll into the forest primeval, Hansel and Grethel began to wish they hadn’t relied on the bread crumbs to find their way home. First, their cell phone GPS was much more accurate, and second, with no McDonald’s in sight, the crumbs could have made a meal, even if not a nutritionally balanced one . . .
Over His Head
Bobby was beginning to think his wife was right, he was in over his head as an amateur plumber–he should have just let her call the pro to begin with . . .
Boom or Bust
When boom-timers and oil riches came to Western North Dakota, there just wasn’t enough housing; even fixer-uppers commanded big money. With the declining oil prices, that demand seems to have waned just a bit . . .
Field Trip
When Lars John Johnson (who comes from Wisconsin–he works in a lumber mill there) heard his four year old ask, “Where do corn flakes come from?” and heard his six year old say, “The store, dummy–cereal aisle!” he thought that it might be time for a little field trip . . .
Crossing the Line
Magdalene (left) tries to explain to her daughter and two nieces that when meeting a new guy you may want to date there have to be lines you just won’t cross, though barbed wire isn’t necessarily one of them . . .